Lisbon to Porto High-Speed Line International, Newsletter Earlier this week, Portugal’s Prime Minister Antonio Costa announced plans for a high-speed line between Lisbon and Porto. The existing […]
HS2 Milestone: First Tunneling Breakthrough International, Newsletter The TBM Dorothy at the start of its journey. In England, the high-speed rail project (HS2) is celebrating a significant […]
Deutsche Bahn Joins Star Alliance Air/Rail, International, Newsletter Deutsche Bahn, the German national railway company, is set to become the first intermodal partner of Star Alliance. Founded in […]
Beijing – Wuhan operating at 217 mph International “8 Vertical and 8 Horizontal” corridors of Chinese railway mainlines. Source: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mainlines_of_Chinese_Railway.png This week, China’s railway system increased train speeds […]
A New High-Speed Line Opens in Spain International The King of Spain, Felipe VI, was there to preside over the inauguration of the new high-speed line in Galicia. […]
India’s first high-speed line moves forward as HSR emerges as a “green jobs” powerhouse International India took a big step forward in constructing its first high-speed rail line this week. The India National High Speed […]
Turkey Sets World Record as High-Speed Rail Grows at Furious Pace International Turkish State Railways recently completed record-setting excavation work on a tunnel that will be part of its high-speed rail network. […]
Italian HSR Lessons International As the tug-of-war goes on in Congress over how much to allocate for rail infrastructure, more and more people around […]
Budapest-Athens High-Speed Rail International A major effort to modernize passenger rail in Serbia is underway as part of a project stretching from Budapest, Hungary and Athens, […]
The Hills are Alive with the Sound of High-Speed Rail. California Should Take Note. International, Policy and Legislation Trains have crossed the Alps for nearly two centuries. Now they’re going right through them. And there is an important […]
Long journeys getting shorter with even faster trains International We’re all about fast, frequent and reliable trains. What do we mean when we say “fast?” New high-speed trains around […]
How a high-speed line saved passenger rail in Spain International This year marks 25 years of high-speed rail in Spain. The country’s first high-speed line, a link from the central […]
New High-Speed Segment in Italy International Testing has begun on a new high-speed segment in Italy between Treviglio and Brescia. The 39.6 kilometer segment is located […]
Beijing-Shanghai HSL Anniversary International The Beijing-Shanghai High Speed Railway just celebrated its fifth anniversary. The 820-mile long railway is the longest high speed line […]
Indian High Speed Rail International Indian Railways is making progress in their effort to implement a high-speed rail network. Just in the past week India […]
World’s Newest High Speed Rail Service International A new high-speed rail service, the Hokkaido Shinkansen, will be debuting in Japan on March 26th. The 92.5 mile line […]
Largest Underground Train Station in Asia Opens for Travelers International China recently opened Futian Station, which became the second largest underground railway station in the world! Located just North of Hong Kong […]
